The appeal is that such a tax, if it is implemented before avoidance is possible and there is a belief that it will never be repeated, does not distort behavior (and may be seen by some as fair). … The conditions for success are strong, but also nee

The purchase includes a new black paint job from the local DeFouw Chevrolet dealership and gun turret removal from the nearest Army National Guard outfit, reports Ron Wilkins of the Journal and Courier Online.
Wilkins did the math:
When the tra

Senator Marco Rubio says the American dream has become “unattainable.” Senator Mike Lee says reforming government benefits programs should be the country’s “first priority.” And Representative Paul D. Ryan says the government safety net

The Pentagon said on Friday it had cut by about a third the list of places where U.S. troops get imminent danger pay, dropping locations like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf in a move expected to reduce costs by about $100 million a year.

In the end, conservative groups couldn’t muster enough opposition, and enough Democrats came on board to pass the bill.
The result will be a future untainted by the threat of government shutdowns for the next two years.

The Sacramento County, California Board of Supervisors will vote on a plan to boost the number of $500 red light camera tickets issued. They quietly changed the wording so that the camera flash would trigger in half the time.

A mere two months after the last widespread blackout to hit Venezuela, major parts of the nation are once again dark tonight as a power outage hit during President Maduro's evening address laying out his new economic philosophy (the inverse of Bernan

Seeking to repair one of the nation’s worst-financed public pension systems, legislative leaders in Illinois began urgently trying to sell a rescue plan that cuts cost-of-living increases for retirees, raises the age of retirement for some employees,

This week on The Attorney For Freedom Show our guest was Jason Fichtner, PhD Senior Research Fellow at Mercatus Center George Mason University and we discussed the debt ceiling and other government failures.